Dialogue

 1 Craty|  Republic of absolute beauty and good; but he never supposed that
 2 Craty|       and the altered name is as good as the original one.~You
 3 Craty|        that there are a few very good men in the world, and a
 4 Craty|      many very bad; and the very good are the wise, and the very
 5 Craty|      distinction between bad and good men. But then, the only
 6 Craty|     chief in war), or Eupolemus (good warrior); but the two words
 7 Craty|        not literally golden, but good; and they are called demons,
 8 Craty|      Attic was used for daimones—good men are well said to become
 9 Craty|        his knowing (eidenai) all good things. Men in general are
10 Craty|          phaeos istor. This is a good notion; and, to prevent
11 Craty|     water, seasons, years?’ Very good: and which shall I take
12 Craty|        like, any name is equally good for any object. The fact
13 Craty|       form dion is expressive of good, quasi diion, that which
14 Craty|          all the colours makes a good picture, and he who gives
15 Craty|     gives all the sounds makes a good name, and he who gives only
16 Craty|         the legislator, may be a good or he may be a bad artist. ‘
17 Craty|        the same principle as the good, and other examples might
18 Craty|         a true beauty and a true good, which is always beautiful
19 Craty|      always beautiful and always good? Can the thing beauty be
20 Craty|   thought, Socrates, and after a good deal of thinking I incline
21 Craty|          give me a lesson. ‘Very good, Socrates, and I hope that
22 Craty|          explanation. Allowing a good deal for accident, and also
23 Craty|         and their transitions to good and evil?~CLEINIAS: What
24 Craty| important than all the rest. The good or neutral sense of a word,
25 Craty|       tell me, if you will be so good, what is your own view of
26 Craty|          is the knowledge of the good.’ And the knowledge of names
27 Craty|         I was saying, there is a good deal of difficulty in this
28 Craty|         newly-imposed name is as good as the old: for there is
29 Craty|          are very bad men, and a good many of them.~SOCRATES:
30 Craty|          you ever found any very good ones?~HERMOGENES: Not many.~
31 Craty|     would you hold that the very good were the very wise, and
32 Craty|       his view can there be some good and others bad, if virtue
33 Craty|         SOCRATES: And this holds good of all actions?~HERMOGENES:
34 Craty|           A name.~SOCRATES: Very good: then a name is an instrument?~
35 Craty|        instrument may be equally good of whatever iron made, whether
36 Craty|   fitness of names.~SOCRATES: My good Hermogenes, I have none
37 Craty|         a name.~HERMOGENES: Very good.~SOCRATES: And what is the
38 Craty|       not himself suggest a very good reason, when he says,~‘For
39 Craty|     walls’?~This appears to be a good reason for calling the son
40 Craty|          I agree.~SOCRATES: Very good. But you had better watch
41 Craty|        be the son of a king, the good son or the noble son of
42 Craty|        son or the noble son of a good or noble sire; and similarly
43 Craty|     chief in war) and Eupolemus (good warrior); and others which
44 Craty|   prodigies? for example, when a good and religious man has an
45 Craty|    whence, will or will not hold good to the end.~HERMOGENES:
46 Craty|      like Eutychides (the son of good fortune), or Sosias (the
47 Craty|      literally made of gold, but good and noble; and I am convinced
48 Craty|          do you not suppose that good men of our own day would
49 Craty|        SOCRATES: And are not the good wise?~HERMOGENES: Yes, they
50 Craty|     poets say truly, that when a good man dies he has honour and
51 Craty|          man who happens to be a good man is more than human (
52 Craty|         also, I think, is a very good custom, and one which I
53 Craty|          philosophers, and had a good deal to say.~HERMOGENES:
54 Craty|           Socrates?~SOCRATES: My good friend, I have discovered
55 Craty|         things.~HERMOGENES: Very good; and what do we say of Demeter,
56 Craty|       Ermogenes), for I am not a good hand at speeches.~SOCRATES:
57 Craty|        the sun?~HERMOGENES: Very good.~SOCRATES: The origin of
58 Craty|        gegennesthai.~HERMOGENES: Good.~SOCRATES: What shall we
59 Craty| indicates that the soul which is good for anything follows (epetai)
60 Craty|        supposed to be in motion. Good (agathon) is the name which
61 Craty|       smooth ground. There are a good many names generally thought
62 Craty|      then that the stream of the good soul is unimpeded, and has
63 Craty|         this word also signifies good, but in another way; he
64 Craty|     universal penetration in the good; in forming the word, however,
65 Craty|      view, as appears to me, the good is happily denominated lusiteloun—
66 Craty|  zemiodes (hurtful).~HERMOGENES: Good.~SOCRATES: The word blaberon
67 Craty|        the other appellations of good; for deon is here a species
68 Craty|        deon is here a species of good, and is, nevertheless, the
69 Craty|         with other words meaning good; for dion, not deon, signifies
70 Craty|          not deon, signifies the good, and is a term of praise;
71 Craty|    kerdaleon (gainful), agathon (good), sumpheron (expedient),
72 Craty|         names? The word agathon (good), for example, is, as we
73 Craty|          evident.~SOCRATES: Very good; but then how do the primary
74 Craty|         or not.~HERMOGENES: Very good.~SOCRATES: But are these
75 Craty|          analyse language to any good purpose must follow; but
76 Craty|      being friends should have a good understanding about the
77 Craty|           SOCRATES: That is very good of you, if I am right, which
78 Craty|     picture or figure, but not a good one.~CRATYLUS: Yes.~SOCRATES:
79 Craty|       appropriate will produce a good image, or in other words
80 Craty|          make an image but not a good one; whence I infer that
81 Craty|        of names may be sometimes good, or he may be bad?~CRATYLUS:
82 Craty|    artists the legislator may be good or he may be bad; it must
83 Craty|       our former admissions hold good?~CRATYLUS: Very true, Socrates;
84 Craty|       Yes, I remember.~SOCRATES: Good; and when the general character
85 Craty|      chance sign.~SOCRATES: Very good: but if the name is to be
86 Craty|         upon occasion.~SOCRATES: Good. But still the word is intelligible
87 Craty|         can you ever imagine, my good friend, that you will find
88 Craty|         other words which have a good sense (compare omartein,
89 Craty|          I think that there is a good deal in what you say, Socrates.~
90 Craty|     which, then, did he make, my good friend; those which are
91 Craty|       not any absolute beauty or good, or any other absolute existence?~
92 Craty|        and the beautiful and the good and every other thing also
93 Craty|         your way.~CRATYLUS: Very good, Socrates; I hope, however,